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Forty-seven Palestinian families face forced displacement from Khirbet Ras al-Ahmar in the northern occupied West Bank, after four families fled following threats by armed Israeli settlers, the Palestinian Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission said on Monday.
According to the commission, armed settlers entered homes in the village, southeast of Tubas, and threatened residents with death, prompting the four families to leave.
The village has been under an Israeli blockade for nearly a month, with access roads closed and supplies of water and livestock feed restricted, threatening residents’ livelihoods, the commission said.
Restrictions intensified in mid-September, when Israeli forces dug a trench across the village’s last remaining access road. Residents have since had to collect water at night and travel before dawn to avoid detention, the commission said.
The commission also said Israeli authorities had demolished six water wells, confiscated pumps and repeatedly cut water lines serving the village.
On October 10, settlers gave the 47 families until the following evening to leave their homes, the commission said. It warned that continued restrictions could force more residents to flee and pave the way for the seizure of their land.
The commission cited similar incidents elsewhere in the occupied West Bank, including Jalud near Nablus, where a Palestinian family was forced from its home after months of attacks, and Wadi al-Rakhim near Hebron, where a family of 10 was confined to its home by restrictions.
It called for access roads to be reopened, essential supplies to be restored and residents to be protected from further attacks.
Since October 2023, the commission has documented 14,742 attacks across 376 Palestinian villages and communities in the occupied West Bank. It said settlers had killed 67 Palestinians during that period.
